Today brings a mixture of emotions. I have sold three of my original paintings to one person today which is always a great feeling. Being able to turn what is essentially a life therapy into something that is commercially viable is an achievement many people would kill for, or so I am told. Am I lucky? No. Do I work at my passion? Yes, with every hour of every day. Input equates to output does it not? Do we not reap what we sow? We can all be better and all keep improving and still never get anywhere. Doesn’t mean to say we have to stop believing though does it?
Personally, I see myself as just an average Joe who likes painting. The fact that there are a growing number of people wanting my work bears out my theory that it doesn’t matter what you produce as long as your heart and soul goes into it. These qualities will always radiate through to the viewer. That distinguishes great art in my opinion. No matter how narrow your market maybe there will always be someone who likes what you do enough to buy it. The tricky bit is reaching out to find them.
I just need to get to the point whereby the process of promotion becomes self-perpetuating and will require little input from me. Like a snowball rolling down a hill. Some days I fear that will be a lifetime away.
When the confidence goes, the ideas stop flowing and the world becomes a restless and un-easy place. That’s how I feel right now. Ecstatic at selling some more originals but panicked with what to replace them with. For a mind so packed full of crap I am unusually vacant in the ideas department.
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